The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-05-13

that the investigation Of the case
was being had and the offic Is
were periodically searching for her.
Finally she said she had be5n moving
from place to place during he summer,
and that she had done so % avoid
having subpoena served on her Yet
she knew that she was not married to
Mr.. Dean IN Log ln-Jhe inference
being that they We're AFRAID OF numer-
Gus courts. She was married on Thurs
day; she remem cered the daq because
it Was her wedding day Mr. Varan
hen took the witness back tn Logan
and asked her what Bishop Watson $
business III Logan was; whether there
was record OF ner visit 10 tn Logon
Tenn pie; WIZ Their she knew Whether
Mr.. Watson knew what she went TO
Logan for; whether she had thought
OF getting Mr. WATSON as witness IN
this case; who was The PRISON who
ofhciated at the Temple, and why they
had not got him As \ witness. NeXr he
led off on line Of question
ing relative To the belief OF
doctrines of her church, and asked her
whether it Was not lacG that she be-
lieyed the laws of her church should b"
Mr.. Richards objected to SO much
latitude being given the prosecutor, but
Mr.. Varlan was permitted to continue
upon saying he had an Objec. III view
The questioning went on and became
more close than ever, when Mr.
Richards again jumped to his feet with
an eloquent objection. The court SAID
they thought Mr.. Varians object was
to get at the credibility OF the witness.
This gave Mr.. R 'clards the turn and he
renewed his objection with vigor, and
he was sustained. Mr.. Varian then
asked what the necessity for going to
Logan was, and was quietly informed
that there was no necessity, only q
qualification. The ordinance she re
ceived there was a continuation
Ci the one she received i'll
Salt Lake. She was married IN
Salt Lake City. Completely baff1ed and
failing to break the witness testimony
or get her to cross herself, Mr.. Varian
gave up and turned the witness over to
the defense. Mr.. Richards brought out
nothing new in the cross-examination.
Re-direct-Mr. Varian asked if she
were ever at the Temple or Endowment
House more than once each. She re-
piled she had not, and was excused.
By stipulation, MIR. Varian read from
copy of the testimony OF John g.
Young, given on the trial for unlawful
cohabitation, when Mr. Young testified
to having seen Mr.. Dean and young
lady on the train at Logan-testimony
with which THE HERALD readers are al
ready familiar.
Florence Ridges was again recalled,
and asked if she were the lady referred
to in the testimony OF Mr.. Young just
read, and she replied that she was. She
reiterated what she had said about Mr..
Young having been pointed out to her
Oh tn train. rhe prosecution here
rested and the court took recess OF
five minutes.
At the recalling of the case, the de-
PENDANT, Jos. II. Dean, was put on the
stand in his own behalf. He testified
that he was married to Florence Ridges
in Salt Lake City on the Goth OF March,
1884; that was in the Third Judicial
District; had worked two days in try
ing to get an account OF the, record OF
his marriage; had inquired of six or
eight persons who worked in tne En-
dowment House at that time; had
tried to learn the whereabouts OF D. H
Wells. but was informed that he was
not in Liverpool and he could not learn
where he was. Mr.. Richards here
showed a letter to Mr.. Varian and then
showed it to defendant for identified
ton. The letter was then handed 10
the clerk, and Mr.. Dean said he gave it
10 Florence at the time of writing to be
given to her father. II was written in
January, 1884. He never went through
any ceremony of marriage in any other
place than in Salt Lake in 1884.
Cross examined-Had a wife living at
the time he married Florence; lis first
wife had five children living and one
dead; he had agreed with her that they
would not live together as husband and
wife for year; there was no particular
time specified when the agreement
should be absolved. He did not solicit
the hand of Florence from either oil
her parents in mar ia ,e, because of the
Edmunds law, so that they could truth
fully testify in case of arrest. 1t was
about three weeks ago that he first
sought to learn of the whereabouts OF
D. H. Wells; enquired of A. NJ. Cannon
and sought out others on his sugges-
ton, but could find out nothing about
tine matter. He could not say who il
was that he got his certificate of mem
bership. Mr.. Varian asked number
of questions about the certificate OF
recommend, if there were any record
kept of the papers: if an application fol
| a recommend mu be acc, m >anied BY
| q fee, or if it must be IL
writing, where the certificates went
to ami how many hands it haG
to go through, and a long list Of
questions. the answers were perfectly
straight, but seemed to be hardly wha
| the attorney wanted.
Odd you on the day OF your mar
rage promise to take Florence as YOU
wife, and did she promise you? A.
Yes, SIR.
Q.-Where did you go after leaving
the Endowment Holse? Ave welt
down the road.
Odd you take her to her home
a. l took her to the corner of The
block. Florence went TO my house il
June, 1885.
Here Mr.. Varian asked line OF ques
tons as to the publicity of the event
where he lived. and the excitement oyel
the prosecutions under the Edmund'
law. and asked: Aad under these ciI.
cumstances you commenced openly anC
practically living with Florence as you
wife? A.-Secretly and cautiously
would be more proper adjectiyes.
! Mr.. Varian then took the witness tt
Logan, and asked a series of questions
Il